Recommend some good movies!

Tonight I might watch the queen’s gambit

hutch wrote:
Tonight I might watch the queen’s gambit

That's actually a tv series and not a movie, but it's a good one.

Well the Oscars were last night. I thought they were going a little overboard with the wokeness factor, but then they gave the big acting awards to two old white people, and the documentary to a white guy and his octopus, so it all kind of evened out. J. Phoenix followed up his great winner's speech from last year with the most phoned in presenter's speech ever.

And someone please give Glenn Close an Oscar for anything.

Space wrote:
Well the Oscars were last night. I thought they were going a little overboard with the wokeness factor, but then they gave the big acting awards to two old white people, and the documentary to a white guy and his octopus, so it all kind of evened out. J. Phoenix followed up his great winner's speech from last year with the most phoned in presenter's speech ever.

And someone please give Glenn Close an Oscar for anything.

Wait. So recognizing women, people of color and other minorities is only a result of being "woke", and not because they've actually, y'know, accomplished something worthy? And only old white men are actually worthy of winning?

Uh oh here we go

excontradiction wrote:

Space wrote:
Well the Oscars were last night. I thought they were going a little overboard with the wokeness factor, but then they gave the big acting awards to two old white people, and the documentary to a white guy and his octopus, so it all kind of evened out. J. Phoenix followed up his great winner's speech from last year with the most phoned in presenter's speech ever.

And someone please give Glenn Close an Oscar for anything.

Wait. So recognizing women, people of color and other minorities is only a result of being "woke", and not because they've actually, y'know, accomplished something worthy? And only old white men are actually worthy of winning?

That's what *you* just said, not me. What I would say is:

For example, when three out of five best supporting actor nominees are black, and the industry they work in is heavily white, and the measure of one's performance is completely subjective, yeah, that seems a little bit woke, doesn't it?

hutch wrote:
Tonight I might watch the queen’s gambit

The first episode is a lot of exposition and setting up of pieces (hey! Like Chess!) and pretty dull but the five episodes after that are straight fire. Highly recommend.

I don't totally subscribe to Space's view, but I have said on here before in the middle of #OscarsSoWhite that 13-14% of the US population are black and around 16% of Oscar noms in the big four acting categories in the ten years leading up to the #OSW year went to African Americans which seems . . . totally appropriate?

Like there are folks legit upset that Boseman didn't win last night. And that's fine – people disagree every year about who wins, but to say its because of race is kinda suspect. Again, African-Americans do not have a leg to stand on when it comes to acting noms and wins at the Oscars over the last decade as their numbers outpace their percentage of the population. (Latinos, on the other hand . . . )

I think there is a lot of room of intersectional improvement at the Oscars, but "African Americans" isn't the group I'd point to. What percentage of the Best Picture nominees over the last decade are a story about "a woman does something" vs "a man does something"? (Let me tell you, you'll be stunned if you look. Nomadland is a such an outlier.) Why is no one talking about Latinos (19-20% of the population) getting virtually zero acting nods year in and year out? (Ditto Asian-Americans, pre-Parasite.)

It does feel like we've gotten to the point where any African-American nominee who loses is going to be presented as some sort of covert racism when, like, there's only one trophy and usually 3-4 worthy candidates: someone has to lose.

Space wrote:
What I would say is:

For example, when three out of five best supporting actor nominees are black, and the industry they work in is heavily white, and the measure of one's performance is completely subjective, yeah, that seems a little bit woke, doesn't it?

Depends what you mean by woke. If you're implying they were nominating lesser performances by AA actors because of some social policy, I'd likely disagree. This was a weird year with less films released (and less big budget films overall because of COVID which tend to still have majority white casts – a real lingering issue) so perhaps that is why.

If we are sitting here in 2030 and you're telling me over the last decade 50+% of the big four acting nominations are going to African Americans who make up 15% of the population, then yeah, something has gone askew, but a one-off year with tons of Oscar bait not released and held to 2021 because of COVID is not exactly what I'd hang my hat on.

"Nobody," streaming in Prime.

I love Bob Odenkirk and plan on watching this movie at some point, but I want to say that I would pay money to see 9:30 Forum Hutch play this role.


Summary: When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch (Bob Odenkirk) declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake (Gage Munroe), is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen), seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch’s long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary (Aleksey Serebryakov)—and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a nobody again.


I'm not usually a fan of films with lots of violence, but this one was thoroughly entertaining.

I'd see that
I think you're wife and kid should play those roles too

Scared to look up this Bob O guy…

Maybe I should get into acting.. I could be that token Latino that can never gets any parts cause there are so few Latino roles

hutch wrote:
Scared to look up this Bob O guy…

Maybe I should get into acting.. I could be that token Latino that can never gets any parts cause there are so few Latino roles

He's the star of Better Call Saul.

Also, I was wrong. Not streaming on Prime.

No idea what that is

These are shows we watch with our kids:

Cobra 🐍 Kai ( l go read a book..too intense for me…everyone else loves it)
Queens gambit (I love chess and the main actress is practically Argentine so love her)
Young Sheldon
Schitt s Creek (nearing the end… not as good anymore… I think I have a crush on Alexis)
Emily in Paris

No more than an episode or two if it’s a 30 minute sitcom

We finished Big Bang theory.. it crashed and burned last few seasons…horrible


We actually need some new shows to add to rotation as are caught up with cobra 🐍 and Emily , near end with schitt creek and queen’s gambit etc so suggestions are very welcome

weird to see all these dead hutch threads…


https://youtu.be/fyAHXMuf4es
To Be Someone
starring the original cast of the iconic, cult mods n' rockers film, Quadrophenia.

loosely related
This film was however based on the book sequel, which itself was based on the rock opera. Ray Burdis has specifically said that the movie is not a sequel to the original Quadrophenia movie, though it does feature some of the characters, and is set in the mod subculture


Far as I can tell, no Who or The Jam (the title is taken from them) on the movie soundtrack
some pretty nice scoots tho!

what drives us

this looks to be really good
The Sparks Brothers - Official Trailer (2021) Edgar Wright

How can one rock band be successful, underrated, hugely influential, and criminally overlooked all at the same time? Edgar Wright's debut documentary THE SPARKS BROTHERS, which features commentary from celebrity fans Flea, Jane Wiedlin, Beck, Jack Antonoff, Jason Schwartzman, Neil Gaiman, and more, takes audiences on a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers/bandmates Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band's favorite band.

I'm going to be totally honest, I never even heard of the sparks until A Giant Dog did a cover of Angst in my pants

My first exposure to The Sparks was that truly forgettable movie Rollercoaster (1977) and I was a bit creeped out by their image.  Never really got it to them, but their cult following is strong and I can take them in small doses now.  And honestly the FFS project resonates more with with me than straight up Sparks.

speaking of Edgar Wright, the trailer for his new movie is out and it looks a bit creepy

Last Night In Soho

https://www.focusfeatures.com/last-night-in-soho

Aliens of the Dead . . . I mean Army of the Dead.  WTF.  Really.  That much stolen from the Cameron masterpiece.  Too much story, too much  dialogue, too much not getting right to killing a fuck load of gruesome zombies.  Not even the zombie animals could save it.  The ending was shite too.


Game over man, game over.